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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 24, 2022.

The committee on Higher Education to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1353) of Michael J. Moran relative to public higher education student information, and the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1356) of Jacob R. Oliveira, Jessica Ann Giannino and Lindsay N. Sabadosa relative to certain higher education records under the public records law, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4553) ought to pass.

For the committee,

DAVID M. ROGERS.

        FILED ON: 2/2/2022

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4553

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act protecting public higher education student information.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 66 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is amended by inserting the following new section:

Section 22: Public colleges and universities as defined in Section 5 of Chapter 15A shall not be required to produce records defined as education records in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC  11232g) at 34 CFR § 99.3, including those education records designated by the public colleges and universities as directory information as defined in FERPA at 34 CFR § 99.3. This section shall not apply to requests from federal, state, or municipal agencies.